Toy pistol



Nov. 1, 192 7. 1,647,577

E. s. PEAKE TTTTTT TOL Patented Nov. 1, 1927.

3 TA T ES HA EDWARD s. PEAKE, or wEsTERviLLE, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THEKILGORE MFG. ooM- PANY, on WESTERVILLE, 01110; A oon'rona'rion or oHIo.

TOY' PISTOL.

Application filed August 18, 1924. Serial No. 732,752Q

pressure of the feeding pawl upon the strip as the latter is movedtoward the anvil.

A further object of the invention is to provide an improvedfeeding-plate and anvil construction which will satisfactorily cooperatewith the means for engaging and moving the cap strips across the feedingplate.

Another object of the invention is to provide a feeding plateconstruction which will permit an increased feeding movement of the capstrip without lengthening the stroke of the feeding pawl.

In the accompanying drawings there is shown one embodiment of theinvention, and in these drawings Figure 1 is a side elevational viewwith a portion of the casing broken away.

Figure 2 is a view similar to Figure 1 showing the position of the partsduring the initialstages ofthe feeding operation, and

Figure 3'is a view similar to Figure 2 showing-the relative positions ofthe parts at the completion of the feeding operation and just before thehammer is released;

In the drawings the invention is-shown as embodied in a toy pistol whichcomprises the usualcasing provided-with a barrellt) and a grip or stock11. The operating mechanism includes atrigger 13' mounted upon a fulcrumpin Hand having a rearwardly' extending portion 15, upon which ispivotally mounted a feeding pawl16providedwitlr a toe The feeding pawlis pivoted upon a stud 17 and is moved in acounterclockWise direction orforwardly by means ofa spring 18 coiled about the stud 17 and having itsterminals engaging the pawl and trigger extension respectively; Thetrigger also carries upon a stud 19 a link 20 which engages ahammer 21when the trigger is actuated and serves to retract the same. The hammeris normally moved to the position shown in Figure 1 by means of a spring22'; and engagement between the hammer and the link is maintained bymeans of a spring 23 coiled about the stud 19 and extended to engage thelink and trigger respectively. The mechanism above described is old andwell known in the art and does not of itself constitute part of thepresent invention, it having been described merely for the purpose ofmaking the application of the invention entirely clear.

The hammer engages an anvil 24 which is formed upon one of the casingsections and is extended downwardly to provide a cap strip feeding plate24:. The plate forms a compartment 25 for a cap strip roll 26 which maybe mounted upon a supporting pin 27. The cap strip is lead rearwardlyand upwardly from the face of the feeding plate, and, as will beunderstood, as the hammer is retracted, the pawl 16 engages the stripand feeds the same upwardly. As the trigger is retracted, the pawl ismoved toward the plate against which it is held by means of the spring18. In the use of pistols of this character it has been found that asthe pawl is moved across the face of the anvil, there is a tendency, dueto the gradually increasing tension of the spring 17 to tear andmutilate the cap strip. It is, therefore, desirable to make an allowancefor this increase in tension and to maintain the pressure of the pawlupon the cap strip substantially even or uniform during the entirefeeding operation; For this purpose, in the present construction thefeeding plate is formed so that a' portion of its surface over .whichthe cap strip. is fed and which is engaged by the pawl is inclinedaway-from the pawl. More over in order to insure a positive engagementbetween the pawl and-the cap strip during the initialstages of thefeeding operation, it is desirable notto so incline the portion of thefeeding plate initially engaged, but, rather, to incline the same towardthe feeding pawl. 7

In the construction shown in the accompanying drawings it will be notedthat at the lower end 26 the'surface of the plate, which is the port-ionof the plate first engaged by the pawl, is inclined rearwardly or towardthe feeding pawl, but substantially at a point 27 the plate surface isinclined in a reverse direction or away'fromthe pawl. This inclinationcontinues toa point 28'whichis the limit of the travel 'of'the pawlll/Vhen the triggeris retracted the pawl'engages the cap at substantiallythe lower end of the anvil extension or feeding plate and for a suitabledistance, ordinarily about one-eighth of an inch strip. During thecontinuation of the travel of the pawl upwardly itnioves over the reversely' inclined portion of the feeding plate surface and,consequently, although the spring 17 is compressed further and its tension gradually increases, due to the movement of the pawl pivot towardthe feeding plate, the inclination of the platesurface abovedescribedmakes an allowance for this increase in tension and serves to preventthe pawl from exerting too great a pressure upon the cap strip. Itshould further be observed that from the point 28 the plate is inclinedagain rearwardly so that the anvil 24 is not perpendicular, but, isinclined rearwardly with respect to a perpendicular plane. Thisinclination is desirable for the reason that it increases the volume andreport of the explosion to a certain extent.

By curving the. portion of the feeding plate Q lover which the feedingpawl travels, it is possible to obtain a feeding movement of the capstrip in excess of the pawl movement in the same direction. In otherwords, the pawl travels in a curvilinear path, due to the curvature ofthe surface of the feeding plate between the points 26 and 28, andadvances the cap strip a greater distance than if the pawl travelled ina-rectilinear path between the. same points. It will be understood, thatit is, of course, desirable to have only a limited feeding pawl movementsince extended movement compresses eX- tremely the spring 18, anddestroys in a short-time the originalresiliency and tension of thespring. If the movement of the pawl is limited, as is possible in aconstrue.-

tion such as has been described without reducing the distance the strip.is advanced, the spring 18 is not compressed during the latter stages ofthe pawl movement to an undesirable degree, and the life of the same isthus considerablyprotracted.

- Obviously, the invention is not limited to the provision of a. feedingplate having, strictly speaking, a curved surface over which the feedingpawl travels since most any other formation than a plane or rectilinearsurface between the point of engagement 26 of the pawl with the plate 24and the point 28 where the movement of the pawl terminates wouldaccomplish this same result, namely of effecting a rectilinearadvancement of the cap strip greater than the movement of the feedingpawl in the same direction. It should be understood, therefore, thatwhen the term curved is used in the specification and claims withreference v to the formation of the feeding plate surface,

a strip of caps is fed, a pawl for enga it is intended to cover suchequivalent construction.

I claim: 7

1. A device of the class described comprising a cap strip feed plateover which a strip of caps is fed, a pawl for engaging and feeding thestrip, means for actuating the pawl including spring means which isplaced under tension as the pawl is moved,

said plate having a portion of its surface over which the pawl travelsin its feeding n'iovement inclined away from the pawl in the directionof the feed of the strip, and a portion initially engaged by the pawlnot being so inclined.

2. A device of the class described comprising a cap strip feed plateover which ging and feeding the strip, means for actuating the pawlincluding spring means which is placed under tension as the pawl ismoved, said plate having a portion of its surface over which the pawltravels in its feeding movement inclined away from the pawl in thedirection of the feed of the strip and another portion over which thestrip is initially engaged by the pawl inclined toward the pawl in thedirection of feed.

o. A device or tne class described comprising a cap stri a feed plateover which a strip of caps is fed, and a feed pawl adapted to be movedover a portion of the sur face of said plate, that portion of the feedplate surface over which the pawl is moved in its feeding operationbeing of convex curvilinear formation.

4:. A device of the class described comprising a cap strip feed plateover which a strip of caps is fed, a. pawl for engaging and feeding thestrip, means for actuating the pawl, said plate having that portion ofyits surface overwhich the pawltravels in its feeding operation ofcurved'formation with the part over which the strip is initially engagedby the pawl being inclined toward the pawl in the direction of feed.

5. A device of the class described comprising a cap strip feed plateover which a strip of caps is fed, a pawl for engaging and feeding thestrip, means for actuatin the pawl, said plate having that portion 0 itssurface over which the pawl travels in its feed operation of curvedformation with the part over which the strip is initially engaged by thepawl being inclined toward the pawl in the direction of feed and thefollowing portion overwhich the pawl travels inclined away from the pawlin the direction of feed of the strip.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

EDWARD S. PEAKE.

